Explain a typical day in the role:
- Proactively support attorneys and other department roles on routine and non-routine legal matters with supervision, escalating issues to attorneys, senior paralegals, and subject matter experts, including outside counsel.
- Maintain knowledge of the applicable legal framework, laws, regulations, and industry policies within the department's specialty area.
- Use and maintain company tools, resources, databases, and processes related to one's practice area to efficiently achieve work objectives and recommend ways to improve efficiency.
- Act as the primary legal contact for routine questions with assigned business clients and escalate issues to a supervisor.
- Collaborate on and demonstrate accountability for achieving project goals within the practice group and contribute to team projects outside of the practice group.
What is the ideal background of a candidate for this role?
- Associate's Degree or 1 year of experience in paralegal, legal administration, or a relevant area.
Additional Or Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or 2 years of experience in paralegal, legal administration, or a relevant area.
Unique Selling Points
Join a dynamic legal team supporting sales and partner motions across a worldwide legal organization, with meaningful cross-practice exposure and modern ways of working.
Contractor Performance Measurement
- Stakeholder Satisfaction: Feedback from paralegals, business partners, and team leads regarding work product, collaboration, responsiveness, and professionalism.
- Excellence in program/project management abilities.
- High comfort with technology and learning new tools.
- An extensive legal background — ideally with experience supporting tech companies or law firms.
- Excellent communication skills and strong analytical thinking.
- Ability to prioritize with minimal guidance.
Top 3 Must-Have Hard Skills & Experience
- 0-2 years' experience with legal research tools and document/case management systems, including internal compliance platforms.
- 0-2 years' experience with drafting and reviewing legal documents with accuracy and adherence to regulatory standards.
- 0-2 years' experience with technical proficiency with Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook) and case management software.
Summary
As a General Legal Assistant, you will assist a newly formed legal team and business teams on commercial legal issues. Your focus will be on collecting information from business groups, analyzing applicable legal and compliance topics, and providing recommended guidance and solutions for the team's review.
- Familiarity with CRM is a plus (but not required).
- Key work areas include:
- Triage incoming commercial legal matters to internal resources and functions.
- Assist and support on routine processes and legal matters.
- Escalate complex legal matters to senior paralegals.
- Assist paralegals with collecting information, analyzing, and drafting recommended guidance/solutions for commercial legal matters.
- Keep track and update Legal Self-Help business readiness resources.
Requirements
- Excellent verbal and written skills in English.
- Service/Assistance-oriented mindset.
- Comfortable presenting ideas.
- Curiosity and eagerness for self-development.
- Project management skills.
- Ability to analyze and understand policies and legal documents.
- Passion for technology and learning new technologies.
- Organized, analytical, and problem-solving oriented.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity.
Skills
- Verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
- Basic ability to work independently and manage one's time.
- Basic knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, and the democratic political process.
- Previous experience with computer applications such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Education/Experience
- Associate's degree in paralegal studies or equivalent training required.
- 0-2 years' experience required.
